Metallic sheet roofing



June 18, 1935. 0. ca. BURRISS METALLIC SHEET ROOFING Filed Feb. 14, 19

Patented June 1935' i I, r g

I I 2,005,220 "METALLIC SHEET ROOFING Oliver G. Burriss Anderson, S. 0., assignor of, "forty one-hundrfedths to E. P. Vandiver-and forty one-hundredthsto John- G. Taylonboth of Anderson, S. C. I P

Application February 14,1935; Serial No.-6,576 4 Claims; (01.108-22) y nvention relates to impr v t in innermost withrespect to the shingle, so that the tallic roofing. I passage lfi is adjacent to the shingle. The hollow I An importantobject of th i t s to lrib or head I i isformed by bending the material Vide a metallicsheet roofing el m t or'shjngle so of the sheet In upon itself in an inward direction, constructed that it may be securely attached to forming an inner'layel Sheet 1 a d e 5' th roof ith t the-empl e t f parat ,g,t bending the sheet upon the edge M, back upon taching elements 01";strips, a d which wjlljnt itself. in an outward directionaffording an outer lockwith a companion element. or shingle for sheet or lay p a lys ue y' a ing the forming a water-tight joint. inner layer or' sheet 13. Theouter layer 'or'sheet srA-T s PATENT OFFICE v str-uot the roofing element or: shingle so that it the passage !2, as shown at I5, and is then bent may-be quickly and conveniently-moved i t horizontally to afford an attaching extension or interlocking relation; with th companion 1 flange l6,flush with the sheet H! or :body porments or shingles. tion ofthe shingle. The attachingextension or A further object of the invention is to provid flange til-is provided with an upwardly bulging means to collect and drain any water which m longitudinal rib ll; coacting with the hollow rib possibly pass the interlocking jointsand ribs of or bead. H, to' afford a drain trough, for any the assembledelements or shingles, thus prevent- Water 'Whichmay p y p s Over O W mg the same from passing to the-roof, rib or'beadl i. The attachingextension or flange A further object of the invention-is to provide 16 i 'nr f equipped p nings l8, for 20 mean whereby these/caching l t g1 receiving nails or the like "which are employed t shingles will overlap and parts f the-adja... to securely connect the extension or flange lfi'with cent ribs will also have the maximum overlapthe roof. I ping arrangement. I The rib or bead H near its forward end, has

Other objects and advantagesof the invention i s upp r layer ime away alon a tr nsvers 25 will .be-apparentduring .thezcourse of the followdiagonal line 59, which diagonal 1111801 ,edge ing description. i ii v extends from the edge 14 to a point 2!! at the .In the accompanying drawing forming a part, forward end of the attaching extension or flange of this application and in which like numerals "This leaves a rib extension 2 5, f d y t 30. are l ed todesignate likeparts-throughout forward end of the inner layer 13, and this rib the same, Y r 7 extension 21 preferably tapers forwardly, so that 1 Figure 1 is 3,.p1an yjew of ,3, plurality Qf assem it may be readily passed into the IGELI' end Of-thB bled roofing elements or shingles. bead l l of acompanion shingle. The forward end Figure 2 is .a transverse section taken on line 0f the attaching eXtension O 'fia e 5, te minat- 2- 2 of Figure l, ing at the point 2i}, isforeshortened'withrespect 35 Figure ,3 is aperspective'yiewwofathe roofing to the forward end of the shingle. However, the I element or shingle, v I a forward end o'f'the attaching extension orflange Figure .4 is an enlarged 'perspeotivewiew of the i6 projects forwardly for a substantial distance rear end of the shingle, 1 7 beyond the point it, as shown, since thedia-gona'l 40 g s i imilar i oftheforward endof line or edge I9 is inclined in a manner to extend 40' theshingle, and, T a V I forwardly toward the attaching extension or ,Figure 6 is .an enlarged detailed section taken flan e on line 6B.of Figure 1. a 3 7 At its rear end, the rib or bead ll iscut for, In the drawing wherein for the purpose of .ilproducing a diagonal edge 22, which extends lustration is .shown a preferred embodiment of through both inner and outer layers l3 and l5,,45 my invention, the numeral Ill .designatejsa meand this diagonal edge 22 extends from the rear tallic roofing element or shingle, formed of sheet straighttransverse'edge 23 of the attachingex metal .or the like, which maybe suitably resilient. tension to a point It, which is spaced forwardly This'metal shingle is 'provided'at'one longitudinal of the rear'edge 23. The rear edge 23 forms a edgewith a-hollow rib orbead'! l,which is preferstraight angle with the rear edge '23 of the 50 ably circularly curved in cross-section, and open shingle it. The edges 19 and 22 are both diagonal at itsendsyand also open at its inner side, afor inclined, :but'they are inclined in opposite dif r-ding a longitudinal passage 1-2. This rib H is 'rections, the forward edge 19 being inclined forsubstantially semicylindrical,andextends above wardly toward the attaching flange or extension the shingle l fi and has its open side arranged i6, while the rear edge 221is inclined .rearwardly 55 A further obi'eotyof the mamas to eon- I5 isfcmtinuedv n i substantially ppo i 24 is cut away from a point 21, to a point 28,,

affording a diagonal edge 29, which aids in the application of the rib 24 to the corresponding rib of a companion shingle.

In assembling the shingles, the lowermost shin-.

gle H! in one upstanding row is first placed upon the roof adjacent to the lower edge of the roof' so that the shingle may suitably project below this lower edge and be properly attached to the lower edge. The attaching extension or flange 16 of this forward shingle is now attached or nailed to the roof. The next shingle ID in the same row is now placed above or rearwardly of the first shingle, with its tapered extension 2| in the forward position. The next companion shingle may be slightly transversely inclined, and the rear end of. the bead 24 of the forward shingle willbe guided into the forward end of the bead 24 of the companion rear shingle, by virtue of the diagonal edge 28. After the insertion has been started, the next rear shingle is swung downwardly to a fiat position upon the rear end of the forward shingle, the forward tapered extension 2| of therear shingle is inserted in the rear end of the rib ll of the forward shingle, and the rear shingle is now moved forwardly. The forward end of the attaching extension l6 of the rear shingle is disposed above the rear end of'the attaching extension l6 of the forward shingle and these extensions accordingly overlap while the rear diagonal edge 22 of the forward shingle passes beneath the forward diagonal edge IQ of the. rear shingle, and the rear shingle moved forwardly until the diagonal edge l9 engages the point of bending I4, or moves so close to it that binding action occurs. It is thus seen that not only do the adjacent ends of the attaching extensions !6 overlap. but the adjacent edges 22 and I9 overlap throughout substantially their entire length and this construction affords a. very tight joint. The attaching extension or flange l6 of the rear shingle is now nailed or secured to the roof and each succeeding rear shingle is placed into position in a similar manner. After one upstanding row of shingles is thuslayed, the next upstanding row is layed by applying the head or rib 24 of the forward shingle to the assembled beads H and moving the forward shingle forwardly until it reaches a position to break joint with the said shingle of the first row. This forward shingle of the second row may be a whole shingle which is subsequently cut off, or it may be a half shingle. Each succeeding shingle in the second row is brought into position in a corresponding manner and. overlapped and interlocked with the next forward shingle'as described in connection with the shingles in the first row.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

" Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. A metallic shingle having its material at one longitudinal edge bent over the same for affording a longitudinal hollow bead, said bead having inner and outer layers and an inner longitudinal edge spaced from the upper surface of the shingle for affording a longitudinal passage, an attaching extension permanently secured to the outer layer and having its forward end foreshortened and spaced from the forward end of the shingle, said bead having its outer layer near its forward end cut away for aifording a diagonal edge, said diagonal edge extending from said inner longitudinal edge at a, point spaced rearwardly from the forward end of the attaching extension to said forward end of the attaching extension, the inner layer projecting forwardly beyond the diagonal edge of the upper layer for providing a bead extension, said bead at its rear end being cut through both the inner and outer layers thereof for affording a rear diagonal edge which extends from the rear end of the shingle to said longitudinal edge at a point spaced forwardly from the rear end of the shingle, said shingle being provided at its opposite longitudinal edge with a hollow rib having a longitudinal passage.

2. A metallic shingle having its material at one longitudinal edge bent over the same for affording a longitudinal hollow head, said bead having inner and outer layers and an inner longitudinal edge spaced from the upper surface of the shingle for affording a longitudinal passage, an attaching extension permanently secured to the outer layer and having its forward end foreshortened and spaced from the forward end of the shingle, said bead having its outer layer near its forward end cut away for affording a diagonal edge, the inner layer projecting forwardly beyond the diagonal edge for providing a bead extension, said bead being provided at its rear end with a diagonal edge, said diagonal edges being inclined in opposite directions, said shingle being provided at its opposite longitudinal edge with a hollow rib having a longitudinal passage.

3. A metallic shingle having its material at one longitudinal edge bent over the same for affording a longitudinal hollow head, said bead having inner and outer layers and an inner longitudinal edge spaced from the upper surface of the shingle for affording a longitudinal passage, an attaching extension permanently secured to the bead and having its forward end foreshortened and spaced from the forward end of the shingle, said bead having its outer layer near its forward end cut away for affording a diagonal edge which is inclined rearwardly toward the shingle, the inner layer projecting forwardly beyond the diagonal edge for providing a bead extension, said head being provided at its rear end with a diagonal edge which is inclined rearwardly toward the extension.

4. A metallic shingle having its material at one longitudinal edge bent over the same for affording a longitudinal hollow bead, said bead having inner and outer layers and an inner longitudinal edge spaced from the upper surface of the shingle for affording a longitudinal passage, an attaching extension permanently secured to the outer layer and having its forward end foreshortened and spaced from the forward end of the shingle, said bead having its outer layer near its forward end cut away for affording a diagonal edge, said diagonal edge extending from said inner longitudinal edge at a point spaced rearwardly from the forward end of the attaching extension to said forward end of the attaching extension, the inner layer projecting forwardly beyond the diagonal edge of the upper layer for providing a, bead extensiomsaid bead at its rear endhaving a transverse edge, the arrangement being such that the rear transverse edge of the bead of the next forward shingle is passed between the inner and outer layers of the bead of the companion rear shingle and is guided by the 

